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re: Off Topic question

To: Aquatic-Plants at actwin_com
Subject: re: Off Topic question
From: "Jacques" <jgerber at Rhobot_ru.ac.za>
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 13:00:12 GMT+2
In-reply-to: <199901230450.XAA13268 at acme_actwin.com>

Hello Karen:
 
> >I've got two "Asian Hillstream Catfish" species Hara hara ( Don't 
> >laugh, this is the correct latin name!).  Does anyone have a clue 
> >what they actually feed on? I've had them for some months, but I have 
> >yet to see them feed, and they're looking a little thin.
> 
> They are called "Moth Cats" here.  Baensch suggests small live foods, but
> the people I know who have them have been successful feeding them frozen
> brine shrimp, bloodworms and the like.

Thanks Karen. Moth Cat is a very apt name for them. I've got them in 
my favourite plant tank.

Jacques
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